RPC I, 3822


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
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Volume	I
Number	3822
Province	Kingdom of Pontus
Region	Pontus
City	Kingdom of Pontus
Reign	Polemon II
Person (obv.)	Polemon II (king)
Person (rev.)	Tryphaena (queen)
Issue	Year 13
Dating	50/1
Obverse inscription	ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΟΛΕΜΩΝΟΣ
Edition	Βασιλέως Πολέμωνος
Translation	of King Polemo
Obverse design	diademed head of Polemo, right
Reverse inscription	ΕΤΟΥΣ ΙΓ
Edition	ἔτους ιγʹ
Translation	year 13
Reverse design	diademed bust of Tryphaena, right
Metal	silver
Average weight	7.09 g
Reference	Rec 34
Specimens	3 (1 in the core collections)
Note	For discussion of the identify of the lady, portrayed, see F. Imhoof-Blumer, ZfN 20, pp. 267–8, Rec 25, n. 2. The diadem seems to indicate that the portrait is intended to be of Queen Tryphaena.